Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km
8storm overflows within 2 km
224hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
34spill events counted
United Utilities
Ince Cemetary Csointo Ince Brook11 spills, 143 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Cranberry Lodge Pumping Stationinto Park Brook6 spills, 41 hours in 2025
1.0 km away
United Utilities
Landgate Spsinto Park Brook4 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
Poolstock Lane/Holt Street Csointo Smithy Brook2 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1000 m away
United Utilities
Rear Of Keats Avenue Csointo Smithy Brook9 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
United Utilities
Wigan Cemetery Combined Sewer Ovinto Ince Brook2 spills, 4 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
United Utilities
Stevenson Close (Worsley) Csointo Smithy Brook Via Sws0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
184 Warrington Road Csointo Trib Of River Douglas Via Sws0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
33 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (48 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Investment Centre - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2021 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024 2.4 km away
Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025 2.5 km away
Battery storage
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026 2.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Robin Park Leisure Centre, Loire Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Nov 2023 2.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Youth Zone - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 190 kW
Aug 2024 3.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Systems Glass - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 470 kW
Apr 2022 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
Mar 2026 4.3 km away
Battery storage
Far Moor - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 50 MW
Apr 2025 4.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Warrington Road, WiganUtility asset works · VODAFONE GROUP · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 350 m away
Minor
Warrington Road, WiganUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
Minor
Anthorn Road, WiganRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 800 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
Pre-application
Intermodal Logistics Park NorthRail Freight Interchanges · Site known as Intermodal Logistics Park North – land bounded by the M6 motorway (west), Winwick Lane (south and east) and Chat Moss railway line (north).
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
application due Dec 2027 25.0 km away
Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 25 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Enviropax, Hall Wood Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026 5.1 km away
Battery storage
Tontine Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 70 MW
Jan 2023 5.1 km away
Running nearest: Kirkless Power (landfill gas, 4.9 km); Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.9 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 6.0 km); Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme (landfill gas, 8.1 km); Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II (landfill gas, 8.1 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Generating Stations · This will be an in-river proposal, located within the Mersey Riverine
environment. The Project will be located towards the mouth of the River
Mersey, between the Wirral on the west and Liverpool to the east.
application due January 2028 26.9 km away
Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.